Multiple forms



Sept. 12, 1939. K 2,172,870

MULTIPLE FORMS Filed Aug. 20, 1937 INVENTOR. 6502a: .L. FULK ATTORNEYS.

Patented Sept. 12, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE] MULTIPLE FORMS Application August 20, 193'], Serial No. 160,146

11 Claims.

This invention relates to multiple unit forms of the type in which a plurality of record sheets with interposed carbon paper are arranged detachably in one continuous strip.

With the rapid strides and great advance brought about by the development of new business machinery and business methods, speedier and more accurate ways of keeping track of the paper and routine work of businesses has proceeded 10 apace.

' Frequently, it is necessary to make multiple copies which are accurate and identical in every respect with the original, and various forms in multiple combinations have been devised to meet ii the exigencies of such situations.

It is an object of the present invention to provide such multiple sets of forms or units in strip form (folded or otherwise) to further speed up and at the same time increase the accuracy of 20 making identical duplicate records, fed directly into a duplicating or transcribing machine such as a typewriter, without any manual manipulation of assembly or registering of the forms, or

tearing them off of a stub holding them together 35 preliminarily to use, and wherein neither the duplicates nor original need be detached except at the appropriate time or place of distribution.

It is also an object of the invention to permit to the assembly of multiple forms with interleaved one-time carbons into units continuously joined in a aig-zag folded form.

It is a further object of this invention to permit the printing and assembly of multiple forms if) of the snap-out type wherein the record sheets are detachably secured to a stub and interleaved with one-time carbon paper also secured to said stub to be joined together in a single continuous strip form.

It is also an object of this invention to permit the manufacture of a plurality of units, each unit comprising a set of forms or members interleaved with carbon paper, having only one continuous member and one or more non-continuous mem- =5 bers.

It is also an object of the invention to permit the joining of the top and bottom members to form the continuous strip and so partially enclose the non-continuous members. Thus there will be no loose ends to wrinkle, curl, or in any other manner foul in the machine. Also the continuously linked units in zig-zag folded form may be used in either a bottom or top feeding machine.

vAnother object of .my invention is to provide means for permitting the manufacture of the snap-out forms as individual units suitable to be assembled thereafter into a continuous stripform.

Further objects are to provide a construction of maximum simplicity, economy and ease of assembly, and such further objects, advantages and 5 capabilities as will later more fully appear, and as are inherently possessed thereby. 1

The invention further resides in the combination, construction and arrangement of parts illustrated in the accompanying single sheet of i0 drawings, and while there is shown therein a'preferred embodiment or a modification thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is capable of modification and change and comprehends other details and constructions without departi5 ing from the spirit or the scope of the invention.

Referring now to the drawing;

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing three units of continuously linked multiple forms where the continuous linkage is, by means of joined top and bottom sheet portions of each unit, secured" to the top sheet of the next succeeeding unit;

Fig. 2 is a detailed fragmentary perspective view of the linkage of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a detailed fragmentary view in perspective of a linkage wherein the top and bottom sheets of one unit are joined separately to the top and bottom sheets of the succeeding units; and

Fig. 4 is a view in perspective showing three units linked inaccordance with the detailed showing of Fig. 3.

Like reference characters are used to designate similar parts in the drawing in the several views, and in the description of the invention herein. I The invention is particularly useful in connec- 85 tion with snap-out forms such as are disclosed in my pending application Serial Number 538,103 filed May 18, 1931.

Referring now more particularly to the drawing, disclosing my preferred embodiment, the numeral l0 designates -a unit known generally as -a snap-out form which is composed of a plurality of members or record sheets detachably secured to a stub with interleaved carbon paper, or other suitable reproducing sheets. The drawing, which is obviously illustrative only, shows the unit ID to be composed of record sheets I I, I3 and I5, and interleaved with carbon sheets l2 and I4. These sheets are all joined along the top in any suitable manner to make a stub l6 which is substantially no thicker than the aggregate of the thicknesses of the various sheets, so as to pass through the reproducing or transcribing machine without any difliculty-or added pressure. Likewise, the means of joining these sheets together to form the stub I6 is preferably gluing, sticking or the like, which will offer no hard or unyielding portion to the platen of the machine if made of resilient material or scratch or mar the surface if metal. The record sheets of each unit are all detachable from the stub portion I6 by means of suitable Weakenings I! such as scoring, perforating, rouletting and the like. The transfer sheets I2 and I4 do not extend to the edge of the record sheets opposite the stub and remain secured to the stub when the record sheets are separated.

The top and bottom sheets may form a continuous linkage as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, by virtue of additional tab-forming portions Ila. and I5a, respectively, along their bottom margins, which are adapted to be joined together, and to be fastened to and become a part of the stub portion I6 of the next snap-out unit, thus forming a continuous linkage between the several units in the zig-zag folded form, or-in any other continuous form. Obviously the joined portions I la and I5a may be attached either to the top of the following stub I6, as shown in the Figures 1 and 2, or to the bottom thereof. The separating and weakening means I! are also provided on the stub I5 for detaching the units from the continuous strip. From this it is clear that preferably each of the members when detached is uniform as to size and that the units are consequently severable at predetermined uniform intervals along lines of scoring or other weakening.

In case it is desired to enclose the stub portion I6 more completely, or if it is not desired to fasten the tab-forming portions Ila and I5a of top and bottom sheets, respectively, together, and for various other reasons, it may be desirable to use the embodiment shown in Figs. 3 and 4. In this form both the top sheet member I Ia and the bottom member I5 are provided with tabs Na and Iia, respectively, which are separable in any suitable manner as by scoring II. Obviously, the tab portions Ila and I5a, instead of both joining the next subsequent unit at the top, as shown in Fig. 2, may be spaced and Ila joined at the top and I5a joined at the bottom of the following unit.

By this embodiment, the purpose and effect of partially enclosing the intermediate, non-continuous members I3 and the interleaved carbons I2 and I4 is accomplished. It will be seen that in the embodiments of Figs. 1 to 4, any number of the intermediate, non-continuous sheets I3 may be used in each unit.

It is apparent that these continuously linked, separable units may be prepared in rolls or in zig-zag folded manifold form. By zig-zag, as used in this disclosure, is intended to be described a folding of the continuously joined units alternately face to face and back to back, but each up side down with respect to the other so that when the continuous line of units is fed into the duplicating or transcribing machine each unit will appear in proper position integrally connected no matter whether the machine is fed from below or above.

I claim:

l. A zig-zag folded assembly including a plurality of units, each unit comprising a plurality of sheet members interleaved with carbon paper fastened thereto, and having the top and bottom sheet members continuous and the remaining sheet members non-continuous, said continuous members partially enclosing the non-continuous members and carbon paper.

2. A zig-zag folded assembly including a plurality of units, each unit comprising a plurality of sheet members and a joined top and bottom member attached to an adjacent unit forming continuously linked units, each of said members being interleaved with a suitable reproducing material.

3. A zig-zag folded assembly including a plurality of integral self-contained units of original and duplicate forms with interleaved carbons all united along one edge to form a stub and having a row of perforations in said forms dividing the stub section from the unsecured section, and

wherein the top and bottom forms are united adjacent their edges opposite said stub section and wherein these united forms are secured to the stub of the next adjacent unit.

4. A zig-zag folded assembly including a plurality of integral self-contained units of original and duplicate forms with interleaved carbons all united along one edge to form a stub and having a row of perforations in said forms dividing the stub section from the unsecured section, and wherein the top and bottom forms are united adjacent their edges opposite said stub section and wherein these united forms are secured to the stub of the next adjacent unit and have adjacent thereto a row of perforations. I

5. A zig-zag folded assembly including a plurality of integral self-contained units of original and duplicate forms with interleaved carbons all united along one edge to form a stub and having a row of perforations in said forms dividing the stub section from the unsecured section, and wherein the forms are united adjacent their edges opposite said stub section and wherein these united forms are secured to the stub of the next adjacent unit and have adjacent thereto a row of perforations.

6. A zig-zag folded assembly including a plurality of integral self-contained units of original and duplicate forms with interleaved carbons allunited along one edge to form a stub and having a row of perforations in said forms dividing the stub section from the unsecured section, and wherein the top and bottom forms are united adjacent their edges opposite said stub section and wherein these united forms are secured to the top of the stub of the next adjacent unit and have adjacent thereto a row of perforations.

'7. A zig-zag folded assembly including a plurality of integral self-contained units of original and duplicate forms with interleaved carbons all united along one edge to form a stub and having a row of perforations in said forms dividing the stub section from the unsecured section. and wherein the top and bottom forms are longer than the intermediate forms and are united adjacent their edges opposite said stub section and wherein these united forms are secured to the stub of the next adjacent unit and have adjacent thereto a row of perforations.

8. A zig-zag folded assembly including a plurality of units, each unit comprising a plurality of sheet members interleaved with fixed carbon paper having the top and bottom members continuous and partially enclosing the non-continuous members and carbon paper, said top and bottom members being secured to the same face of the next unit.

9. A zig-zag folded assembly including a plurality of successive units, each unit comprising a plurality of sheet members joined at one end, and a top and bottom member joined at the opposite awas'ro end and attached to a successive unit, each of his interleaved with attached non-continuous said members being interleaved with a suitable reproducing material, said reproducing material and inner sheet members being partially enclosed in units continuously linked by said top and bottom members.

10. A continuously linked zig-zag folded sheet assembly, including a plurality ofinner units of superimposed non-continuous sheet members, and two outer continuous sheet members forming a continuous linkage, the sheets of each unit besheets of carbon paper.

11. A continuously linked folded sheet assembly, including units of superimposed non-continuous inner sheet members and two outer continuous members forming a continuous linkage, each of said continuous sheet members having tear lines at uniform intervals, and all the sheets of each unit being interleaved with non-continuous carbon paper.

GEORGE L. FULK. 

